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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Pose’ star Billy Porter announces he is HIV-positive

‘Pose’ star Billy Porter announces he is HIV-positive

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
RACHEL SAVAGE AWARD-WINNING "Pose" star Billy Porter announced he was HIV-positive on Wednesday, adding that he was healthy and unashamed of having a disease that has long been stigmatised. Porter, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for portraying HIV-positive ballroom emcee Pray Tell in the hit TV show about New York's LGBT+ drag ball culture, said he contracted the infection in 2007, but felt free once he told his mother. "I'm the healthiest I've been in my entire life. So it's time to let all that go and tell a different story. There's no more stigma — let's…
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Oct
20
2020
By The African Mirror
‘I see myself’ – Stars of ‘Equal’ Samira Wiley, Billy Porter on LGBT history

‘I see myself’ – Stars of ‘Equal’ Samira Wiley, Billy Porter on LGBT history

LGBT+
OSCAR LOPEZ EMMY Award-winning actors Samira Wiley and Billy Porter may be among the most well-known LGBT+ stars in Hollywood, but when it comes to queer history, even they admit there's a lot to learn. Wiley and Porter are featured in an upcoming documentary series, "Equal," which mixes archival footage and dramatic reenactments to depict some of the lesser-known moments in LGBT+ history. The series focuses on the U.S. gay rights movement in the 1950s and '60s, looking beyond iconic moments like New York City's Stonewall riots in 1969 that kickstarted modern gay activism to sing the glories of what…
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